| DRAGONFLY SIGHTINGS 2006 | ||||||||||||||
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| A King's Mead Dragonfly Flight Period table is being compiled during the 2006 season. Click on Dragonfly Flight Periods to view the table | ||||||||||||||
| To see a map of the ditch numbering system click on Ditch Map. Manifold Ditch West is Ditches 14 and 15. Manifold Ditch East is Ditch 12. |
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| No of species so far this season out of a possible 19 Herts species | ||||||||||||||
| 29th November - 1 Common Darter Manifold Ditch East 23rd November - 1 Manifold Ditch West 21st November - 1 Common Darter Causeway 15th November - 2 Common Darter Ditch 16 12th November - New River - 2 + 2 pair Common Darter Ditch 11a - 2 Common Darter 4th November - 2 + 1 pair Common Darter Ditch 16 29th October - Ditch 11a - 4 Common Darter + 2 ovipositing Ditch 11 - 3 Common Darter Ditch 16 - 5 Common Darter + 1 pair + 1 ovipositing 26th October - New River - 2 Common Darter 18th October - East Pool - 1 Common Darter ovipositing Ditch 16 - 3 Common Darter 12th October - New River - 5 Common Darter Ditch 16 - 11 Common Darter + 1 ovipositing 3rd October - New River - 3 Common Darter + 1 pair + 1 ovipositing Ditch 16 - 17 Common Darter + 8 ovipositing, 1 Migrant Hawker ovipositing 24th September - New River - 2 Migrant Hawker, 2 Common Darter Manifold Ditch East - 5 Common Darter, 3 Migrant Hawker, 1 Brown Hawker 23rd September - Broad Mead - 1 Migrant Hawker Ditch 16 - 5 Migrant Hawker, 3 Common Darter + 1 pair + 1 ovipositing Chadwell Bank - 1 Migrant Hawker, 1 Common Darter + 2 pairs 12th September - 1 Brown Hawker Broad Mead 8th September - Broad Mead - 4 Common Darter + 1 pair, 2 Migrant Hawker Causeway - 1 Migrant Hawker, 1 Common Darter Manifold Ditch West - 2 Common Darter, 2 Migrant Hawker Ditch 16 - 5 Common Darter + 1 pair, 6 Migrant Hawker + 1 ovipositing, 4 Ruddy Darter New River - 2 Common Blue Damselfly 6th September - Manifold Ditch East - 1 Brown Hawker, 4 Migrant Hawker 4th September - New River - 2 Migrant Hawker, 5 Common Blue Damselfly, 2 Common Darter + 1 ovipositing East Pool - 1 Common Darter + 1 ovipositing Ditch 16 - 20 Common Darter + 1 pair + 4 ovipositing, 4 Migrant Hawker + 1 ovipositing, 3 Ruddy Darter 29th August - Ditch 16 - 5 Migrant Hawker, 2 Ruddy Darter, 20 Common Darter + 1 pair + 2 ovipositing, 1 Brown Hawker 27th August - 1 Brown Hawker Chadwell Bank 26th August - Mill Mead - 1 Common Darter New River - 1 Common Darter, 1 Common Blue Damselfly Broad Mead North - 1 Migrant Hawker Ditch 16 - 5 Migrant Hawker + 1 ovipositing, 2 Ruddy Darter, 2 Blue-tailed Damselfly Sweet Mead - 1 Common Darter Manifold Ditch West - 2 Ruddy Darter Manifold Ditch East - 5 Migrant Hawker + 1 ovipositing, 1 Ruddy Darter 21st August - West Pool - 2 Black-tailed Skimmer Sweet Mead - 2 Brown Hawker, 2 Migrant Hawker Manifold Ditch East - 3 Migrant Hawker 16th August - Ditch 16 - 3 Migrant Hawker + 1 ovipositing, 1 Brown Hawker + 4 ovipositing 15th August - New River (White House Sluice - flyover) - 20 Common Blue Damselfly, 1 Blue-tailed Damselfly, 5 Common Darter + 1 pair Ditch 16 - 2 Migrant Hawker, 18 Common Darter + 7 pairs + 5 ovipositing, 7 Ruddy Darter, 1 Common Blue Damselfly, 1 Emperor ovipositing, 1 Brown Hawker Manifold Ditch East - 5 Migrant Hawker, 2 Common Blue Damselfly, 4 Common Darter + 2 pairs Ditch 11 - 8 Common Darter + 2 pairs + 1 ovipositing, 1 Migrant Hawker, 1 Ruddy Darter West pool - 1 Black-tailed Skimmer 9th August - female Emerald Damselfly Manifold Ditch West 5th August - White House Sluice Stream - 1 Brown Hawker, 5 Common Darter + 6 pairs, 5 Banded Demoiselle, 3 Common Blue Damelfly, 1 Blue-tailed Damselfly New River (White House Sluice - flyover) 70 Common Blue Damselfly + 15 pairs, 2 Brown Hawker, 6 Banded Demoiselle, 14 Common Darter + 8 pairs, 2 Emperor, 3 Blue-tailed Damselfly New River (flyover - Ditch 16) - 10 Common Darter + 4 pairs, 5 Common Blue Damselfly, 5 Banded Demoiselle Ditch 16 - 24 Common Darter + 6 pairs, 2 Blue-tailed Damselfly + 1 pair, 2 Brown Hawker + 1 ovipositing, 8 Ruddy Darter + 2 pairs, 1 Common Blue Damselfly, 1 Migrant Hawker ovipositing, 1 Banded Demoiselle Sweet Mead - 1 Brown Hawker Manifold Ditch East - 1 Brown Hawker, 1 Migrant Hawker Ditch 11 - 1 Broad-bodied Chaser, 1 Brown Hawker + 1 ovipositing, 5 Common Darter + 1 ovipositing, 5 Ruddy Darter, 2 Blue-tailed Damselfly Ditch 11a - 1 Emperor, 1 Migrant Hawker, 1 Brown Hawker, 1 Ruddy Darter, 2 Common Darter 27th July - New River (White House Sluice - flyover) - 30 Banded Demoiselle, 140 Common Blue Damselfly + 22 pair + 4 ovipositing, 2 Emperor New River (flyover - Ditch 16) - 10 Common Blue Damselfly, 1 Emperor West Pool - 5 Black-tailed Skimmer Ditch 16 - 1 Four-spotted Chaser, 1 Blue-tailed Damselfly + 1 pair, 1 Common Darter Manifold Ditch West - 1 Common Darter, 7 Ruddy Darter, 1 Banded Demoiselle, 1 Brown Hawker, 3 Blue-tailed Damselfly + 1 pair, 2 Common Blue Damselfly + 1 pair Manifold Ditch East - 4 Blue-tailed Damselfly, 3 Common Darter Ditch 11 - 1 Broad-bodied Chaser, 1 Brown Hawker, 1 Black-tailed Skimmer, 2 Blue-tailed Damselfly + 1 pair, 2 Ruddy Darter, 10 Azure Damselfly Ditch 11a - 2 Broad-bodied Chaser, 1 Ruddy Darter, 5 Azure Damselfly, 1 Blue-tailed Damselfly 21st July - 5 Emperor New River, 20 Black-tailed Skimmer West Pool 16th July - 5 Emperor New River, 1 Broad-bodied Chaser Manifold Ditch West, 1 Brown Hawker Manifold Ditch East 15th July - Ditch 16 - 11 Blue-tailed Damselfly, 8 Common Blue Damselfly + 1 pair, 18 Azure Damselfly + 2 ovipositing, 5 Banded Demoiselle, 1 Four-spotted Chaser + 1 pair, 1 Broad-bodied Chaser, 1 Emperor, 10 Common Darter Ditch 11 - 15 Azure Damselfly + 2 pair + 1 ovipositing, 5 Common Blue Damselfly, 2 Blue-tailed Damselfly, 3 Common Darter Ditch 11a - 7 Azure Damselfly, 8 Common Blue Damselfly, 2 Banded Demoiselle, 1 Four-spotted Chaser, 1 Emperor + 1 ovipositing, 2 Common Darter 11th July - 1 Emerald Damselfly Manifold Ditch East 8th July - Manifold Ditch West - 30 Blue-tailed Damselfly + 4 pairs, 17 Azure Damselfly + 2 pairs + 2 ovipositing, 1 Red-eyed Damselfly, 2 Banded Demoiselle Manifold Ditch East - 2 Ruddy Darter, 1 Banded Demoiselle, 4 Azure Damselfly, 1 Common Blue Damselfly, 1 Blue-tailed Damselfly 5th July - 1 Brown Hawker Broad Mead North, 5 Black-tailed Skimmer Broad Mead and 10 West Pool 1st July - New River (White House Sluice-flyover) - 4 Emperor, 30 Banded Demoiselle, 230 Common Blue Damselfly + 20 Pairs, 3 Red-eyed Damselfly + 1 pair New River (flyover-Ditch 16) 30 Common Blue Damselfly + 3 pairs, 1 Blue-tailed Damselfly, 1 Emperor, 1 Banded Demoiselle West Pool - 30 Black-tailed Skimmer East Pool - 5 Black-tailed Skimmer Ditch 11a - 1 Blue-tailed Damselfly, 1 Emperor + 2 ovipositing, 2 Four-spotted Chaser, 10 Common Blue Damselfly + 1 ovipositing, 2 Broad-bodied Chaser, 1 Black-tailed Skimmer, 20 Azure Damselfly + 5 pairs + 1 ovipositing Ditch 11 - 1 pair Broad-bodied Chaser, 2 Four-spotted Chaser, 40 Azure Damselfly + 2 ovipositing, 2 Emperor + 1 ovipositing, 3 Blue-tailed Damselfly Ditch 16 - 2 Broad-bodied Chaser + 1 pair, 8 Four-spotted Chaser, 3 Banded Demoiselle, 1 Emperor, 1 Black-tailed Skimmer, 30 Azure Damselfly + 10 ovipositing, 5 Common Blue Damselfly, 1 Common Darter, 2 Blue-tailed Damselfly, 1 Ruddy Darter Sweet Mead - 1 Brown Hawker, 1 Emperor Manifold Ditch West - 2 Large Red Damselfly 25th June - Ditch 16 - 10 Common Darter, 1 Red-eyed Damselfly 24th June - 2 Emperor New River, 1 Ditch 11, Ditch 11a, 3 Broad-bodied Chaser Ditch 21, 1 Ditch 16, 1 Common Darter Ditch 16 Manifold Ditch West - 26 Azure Damselfly + 3 pairs, 4 Blue-tailed Damselfly + 3 pairs, 2 Banded Demoiselle, 2 Large Red Damselfly Ditch 22 - 60 Azure Damselfly + 20 Pairs + 10 ovipositing, 3 Blue-tailed Damselfly, 1 Four-spotted Chaser, 3 Large Red Damselfly Manifold Ditch East - 40 Azure Damselfly + 5 pairs, 3 Blue-tailed Damselfly, 1 Banded Demoiselle, 1 Hairy Dragonfly 18th June - 1 RED-VEINED DARTER on East Pool 16th June - New River (White House Sluice - flyover) 100 Common Blue Damselfly + 2 pair, 25 Banded Demoiselle, 1 Blue-tailed Damselfly, 1 Emperor, 4 Red-eyed Damselfly Ditch 16 - 2 Common Blue Damselfly + 1 ovipositing, 76 Azure Damselfly + 8 pair, 1 Emperor, 13 Blue-tailed Damselfly, 9 Banded Demoiselle, 2 Broad-bodied Chaser, 8 Four-spotted Chaser + 1 ovipositing, 3 Large Red Damselfly, 1 Common Darter, 1 Black-tailed Skimmer New River (Ditch 16 - flyover) - 40 Banded Demoiselle, 1 Black-tailed Skimmer Ditch 11 - 51 Azure Damselfly + 12 pair + 4 ovipositing, 1 Broad-bodied Chaser, 1 Four-spotted Chaser, 1 Emperor + 1 ovipositing, 1 Black-tailed Skimmer, 1 Red-eyed Damselfly ovipositing, 1 Large Red Damselfly, 4 Banded Demoiselle, 4 Common Blue Damselfly + 1 ovipositing Ditch 11a - 30 Azure Damselfly + 4 pair + 10 ovipositing, 2 Blue-tailed Damselfly, 1 Emperor, 1 Four-spotted Chaser, 12 Common Blue Damselfly, 2 Red-eyed Damselfly. 11th June - West Pool - 20 Black-tailed Skimmer + 2 pair, 1 Emperor, 1 Broad-bodied Chaser, 1 Four-spotted Chaser, 50 Common Blue Damselfly + 20 pair + 5 ovipositing, 1 Banded Demoiselle, 5 Blue-tailed Damselfly White House Sluice Stream - 1 Hairy Dragonfly, 60 Banded Demoiselle Ditch 11a - 2 Hairy Dragonfly, 1 Black-tailed Skimmer, 1 Emperor, 2 Common Blue Damselfly, 7 Red-eyed Damselfly, 20 Azure Damselfly + 5 pair + 12 ovipositing, 2 Blue-tailed Damselfly, 2 Banded Demoiselle. 8th June - West Pool - 1 Emperor, 3 Black-tailed Skimmer, 50 Common Blue Damselfly + 10 pair, 1 Blue-tailed Damselfly, 6 Azure Damselfly + 1 pair, 1 Broad-bodied Chaser, 3 Red-eyed Damselfly, 1 Banded Demoiselle New River - 9 Red-eyed Damselfly, 8 Banded Demoiselle, 30 Common Blue Damselfly + 2 pair Ditch 16 - 1 Emperor, 1 Hairy Dragonfly, 1 Four-spotted Chaser, 1 Broad-bodied Chaser. 6th June - Ditch 11 - 7 Azure Damselfly + 2 pair + 7 ovipositing, 3 Blue-tailed Damselfly Ditch 11a - Azure Damselfly + 3 pair + 8 ovipositing, 2 Common Blue Damselfly, 1 Blue-tailed Damselfly, 1 Four-spotted Chaser, 5 Red-eyed Damselfly, 2 Banded Demoiselle Ditch 16 - 4 Broad-bodied Chaser, 3 Four-spotted Chaser + 1 ovipositing, 2 Hairy Dragonfly West Pool - 1 Black-Tailed Skimmer, 1 Four-spotted Chaser. 4th June - Manifold Ditch East - 42 Azure Damselfly + 7 pair + 2 ovipositing, 3 Banded Demoiselle, 4 Large Red Damselfly Ditch 22 - 1 Broad-bodied Chaser, 1 Four-spotted Chaser, 1 Hairy Dragonfly + 1 pair, 3 Large Red Damselfly + 1 pair, 35 Azure Damselfly + 8 pairs + 8 ovipositing, 3 Banded Demoisdelle Manifold Ditch West - 55 Azure Damselfly + 15 pair + 1 ovipositing, 3 Large Red Damselfly + 2 pair, 2 Banded Demoiselle, 2 Blue-tailed Damselfly Ditch 16 - 6 Broad-bodied Chaser, 1 Four-spotted Chaser. 3rd June - West Pool - 2 Red-eyed Damselfly + 1 pair, 1 Common Blue Damselfly, 1 Banded Demoiselle, 1 Broad-bodied Chaser Ditch 16 - 3 Four-spotted Chaser, 3 Hairy Dragonfly, 1 Broad-bodied Chaser + 1 pair, Broad Mead - 2 Black-tailed Skimmer 2nd June - West Pool - Large Red Damselfly ovipositing, 1 Azure Damselfly Ditch 16 - 2 Large Red Damselfly + 6 pairs + 6 ovipositing, 1 Banded Demoiselle, 9 Blue-tailed Damselfly, 1 Broad-bodied Chaser, 13 Azure Damselfly +3 pairs, 2 Hairy Dragonfly, 1 Four-spotted Chaser New River - 1 Banded Demoiselle, 2 Red-eyed Damselfly White House Sluice Stream - 3 Banded Demoiselle 30th May - Ditch 22 - 1 Hairy Dragonfly, 4 Azure Damselfly Manifold Ditch West - 5 Azure Damselfly 25th May - Ditch 16 - 3 + 1 pair Large Red Damselfly, 3 Blue-tailed Damselfly Manifold Ditch West - 6 + 2 pairs Large Red Damselfly, 6 Blue-tailed Damselfly, 1 Banded Demoiselle and 1 ovipositing Azure Damselfly. 23rd May - Manifold Ditch West -4 Blue-tailed, 2 Large Red Damselfly, 1 Banded Demoiselle, 3 Banded Demoiselle Broad Mead North, 2 Banded Demoiselle Mill Mead 18th May - 1 Large Red Damselfly Manifold Ditch East 16th May - 1 Banded Demoiselle Hertford Cut 12th May - 1 Banded Demoiselle at Broad Mead ponds 11th May - Manifold Ditch West - 1 Banded Demoiselle, 2 Blue-tailed Damselfly, 8 Large Red Damselfly 9th May - 1 Large Red Damselfly on Manifold Ditch West 7th May - The first sighting of the year, a Large Red Damselfly on Manifold Ditch East. The first entry on the Dragonfly Flight Periods Table. |
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